824 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



sitare Krankheiten und Hygiene) has recently appeared under the editorship of Dr. 

 Kobert Ostertag, of Berlin, and other collaborators. This journal is intended for 

 use in the publication of original articles relating to bacterial and parasitic diseases 

 of animals and general farm hygiene. The journal on meat and milk hygiene, pub- 

 lished for many years under the editorship of Dr. Ostertag, was found to be quite 

 satisfactory for the inclusion of articles relating strictly to these subjects, but a large 

 mass of other material not dealing with the special topics of meat and milk inspec- 

 tion suggested the desirability of publishing the new journal to contain such 

 material. 



In addition to original articles the journal also contains general summaries of lit- 

 erature on special topics, and reviews of books and smaller articles dealing with bac- 

 terial diseases and the general problems of bacteriology in relation to pathology. 



Miscellaneous. — The Garden Album and Review is the title of a new English monthly 

 magazine of horticulture, edited by John Weathers, well known author of "A Prac- 

 tical Guide to Garden Plants," etc. A prominent feature of the new magazine will 

 be 4 colored plates of plants, flowers, or fruits in each number. The magazine will 

 be devoted to gardening interests in all of its branches, both open air and under 

 glass. The first number contains 16 quarto pages and includes an index to the most 

 important articles and illustrations in various other horticultural periodicals. 



The Monthly Weather Bulletin, issued by the Weather Bureau of this Department, 

 continues the series heretofore published under the title Weather Crop Bulletin of the 

 Weather Bureau. It will hereafter be devoted to weather conditions. 



The 25 county normal schools of Michigan will this year graduate 400 students 

 for teachers in the rural schools. The expense to the State is said to be about $65 

 a teacher. 



The annual meeting of the German Association of Naturalists and Physicians will 

 be held this year at Stuttgart, September 16-22. 



Joseph Pyro, professor of rural engineering in the School of Agriculture of Gem- 

 bloux, Belgium, died at that place March 5, 1906. He was born at Liege November 

 28, 1843. Professor Pyro was a recognized authority in his chosen field and had 

 achieved signal success in promoting education and investigation in rural engineer- 

 ing. He took a prominent part in the discussions of the International Congress of 

 Agricultural Mechanics held at Liege in August, 1905. 



Prof. Alexander Muller, agricultural chemist, died at Stensjoholm, Sweden, Jan- 

 uary 28, in his seventy-eighth year. He was appointed in 1856 director of the agri- 

 cultural experimental section of the agricultural academy at Stockholm, and con- 

 sulting agricultural adviser for Sweden and Norway. His earlier published work 

 dealt mainly with questions of dairying, hygiene, and the treatment of soils; of late 

 it related to the cleansing of towns. 



Prof. N. Zuntz has been chosen rector of the agricultural high school at Berlin for 

 the customary period of one year. 



Dr. A. Backhaus, of Berlin, has been called to the organization and direction of 

 an agricultural high school in connection with the University of Montevideo in 

 Uruguay. 





